Six months have already gone and it is almost October now. Too soon? Yeah, it may sound a bit funny but we all know what October is famous for, it's Halloween. Even though Halloween is pretty late, we need almost this amount of time to come up with the Halloween costumes and how to execute them perfectly because trust me, every year going as someone you know or covering yourself with a white sheet to make a ghost is not cool.
What everyone wants for their costume to be is easy, something that they can pull off even at the last minute, No! it's not the ghost costume we are talking about but something else which is as easy and fun as it gets. Anyone can pull it off if they put their mind to it. The costume that we are talking about is the peter pan costume.
Everyone in their childhood must have heard about the story of a boy who wandered off to an island called Neverland. See, it can be pulled off by anyone. You can also do a ripoff version where peter pan has finally grown up to be a fine man. If you are still not convinced then we are sure the history of Peter pan will help you be assured of the idea.
The History of Peter Pan:
Peter pan is one of the most loved characters that appeared first in a fictional novel called Peter Pan created by J.M Barrie who is of Scottish nationality. By penning down the concept of Peter Pan, he succeeded in creating something that became a must-read book for children as their bed-time story.
The characterisation is very basic yet complex. Basic in the sense that it captures the essence of every kid, a character who is free-spirited and looks forward to creating mischief. Peter Pan can never grow old. It is something that many kids want but this factor has a sad and tragic story behind it that would touch your heart.
The story starts in a nursery home named Darling nursery home where Mrs Darling finds that almost all the children of the home are fixated on one person named Peter pan. Upon asking them about him, one of the characters answers that he sometimes comes by the night to meet with them however Peter cannot function properly in front of an adult.
Nanna traps Peter's shadow. When Mrs Darling leaves for a party after having a quarrel with the children, Tinkerbell and Peter Pan come to get his shadow back. He notices that he cannot get the shadow to stick with him. He cries and Wendy wakes up to sew the shadow back on him. He confesses to Wendy that he hears the bedtimes stories intently to share with the lost boys.
Later he proposes to Wendy that she should come with him to Neverland where nobody grows old, where everyone is free. Peter teaches the children to fly and set to neverland. After a bad accident where Captain Hook tries to kill the Darling children and where the lost boys try to kill Wendy on account of Tinker Bell.
But everything settles down as Wendy continues to look after them. One time when Wendy was sharing their own story with the lost boys as a bedtime story, Peter didn't like it. He complains that his mother didn't want him back, how could Mrs Darling wait for him? Wendy gets worried and invites every lost boy to come live with them with Mrs darling.
It is here where the story is tragic. Peter pan wasn't loved by his mother. His mother hardly made an effort to hold onto him. He took extra measures to make sure that he is not left alone so he keeps to himself and tries to lure them to the island. The story is really tragic but it teaches us many things.
It teaches us the art of escaping, the power of love, loss of love and many more. You can definitely make Peter pan as one of the easy Halloween costumes as it doesn't take much effort to make it.
How to make a Peter Pan costume?
There are a few ways to make a Peter Pan costume at your home. Also, it doesn't require too much time and money.
You can sew it. Get the materials needed to execute the costumes.
You can buy it online too if you don't have the time to make it.
You can put it all together with only four things too. Get a green t-shirt, a green coochie pant. Get a belt and a green round hat. Stick a feather on top of it. There you go.
Wrapping it up
If you want to turn this into one of those group things where everyone is rocking the best Halloween costumes and enjoy like Peter Pan and company, then request some of the friends of your children to be dressed as lost boys and Tinker Bell, even the Darling children. Even you can participate by wearing the clothes that Mrs. Darling wore so that you all can go trick and treating.